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On Thursday, in article <833421339snz@tsys.demon.co.uk>
     tomw@tsys.demon.co.uk "Tom Wheeley" wrote:

TW> Although the GPL is a bit wierd at times, I think it does permit better
TW> quality programs, due to the peer review aspect (although a lot of code is
TW> not reviewed as such, but I trust the Linux kernel much more than, say,
TW> Windows 95).  Your own fiddling with Simple News must have demonstrated to
TW> you the positive aspect of free software -- would you have been able to
TW> produce snzprune or mail2snz without the chunks of Snews you keep on telling
TW> me you rip out?

Strongly agree.  In the case of mail2snz I couldn't turn it into
sh/ware even if I wanted to.  And prune, although written from
scratch, I felt it would be in the spirit of Snews to treat it
the same way.

Of course, publishing the source AND distributing it as sh/ware
are not incompatible (though unusual).

And I strongly agree with your point about review -- although
I got very little feedback until recently, but Walter Briscoe
has made a big contribution.

TW> I did once register some shareware, however, so not all hope is lost.  I would
TW> always consider favourably a free alternative to shareware, though, to the
TW> extent of quite a lot of loss of functionality :|

Yes, I've registered things like editors, pkzip and so on,
generally things that must have taken a major investment of
time.

I was curious as to whether I might have missed a worthwhile
opportunity, but I found Tim's comments reassuring.  I think
if I'd been receiving cash I might have felt beholden to users,
whereas at least this way I have the freedom if life gets hectic
to tell them to come back later.

Doesn't seem like any of us are likely to retire to the
Seychelles on income from DOS Internet utilities.  :-(

--
John Washington